Show JUST FOLKS By Edgar Guest GIVE THE CHECK TO DAD The bill bilI of fare tare is printed in the boldest sort of type The prices all are arc quoted down from caviar to tripe But a curious fact Ive I've noticed when my loved ones dine wi with th meIs me meIs meIs Is the price of what they order they insist they failed to see Now I trust them and believe them and to this Ive I've grown resigned The most expensive dishes on the menu card they find Though the cost of them is printed print print- ed just as plainly as can be They are always very sorry that the price they didn't see I love them all so dearly that their word I wouldn't doubt But I 1 wonder from the cheapest how they pick the costliest out How so artfully they manage when the check will cometo come cometo cometo to me To choose the most expensive when the price they never see Copyright 1948 Edgar A. A Guest |